Paris - Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo leads the nominees unveiled on Thursday for the Best FIFA Men's Player 2017 award. The 32-year-old Portuguese captain is favourite to retain the title he won last year after success in both the Champions League and La Liga.
Among the 24 men's nominees are Ronaldo's Real Madrid teammates Dani Carvajal, Toni Kroos
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Arsenal will head on the road for the first time this season to take on Stoke City at the bet365 Stadium on Saturday evening. The Gunners got off to a winning start in dramatic circumstances last weekend by coming from behind to defeat Leicester City at the Emirates Stadium.
Stoke, meanwhile, fell 1-0 at Everton to Wayne Rooney's goal but will hope to get their
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LIVERPOOL -- Inter Milan would miss out on a huge financial windfall should Philippe Coutinho leave Liverpool for Barcelona, a source has told ESPN FC. The source said that Inter did not include a sell-on clause when they sold Coutinho to Liverpool in January 2013.
The Brazil international is attempting to force a move to Barcelona by handing in a transfer
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There were wins for Celtic, Napoli, Sevilla, Olympicacos and potential UEFA Champions League group debutants Hapoel Beer-Sheva in Wednesday's play-off first legs. The second legs are next Tuesday while the following night CSKA Moskva, APOEL and Liverpool will all defend leads as do Qarabağ, who are hoping to become Azerbaijan's first UEFA Champions League
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Blaise Matuidi one of Paris Saint-German Midfielder is on the verge of signing for Juventus, who have agreed to pay Paris Saint-Germain 20 million euros plus bonuses, according to reports on Wednesday. French international Matuidi, who won four consecutive league titles with PSG, is expected at Torino’s Caselle airport later on Wednesday to undergo a medical
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Premier League champions, Chelsea are plotting to make Tottenham a £50 million offer for left-back Danny Rose. Tottenham will tackle the Blues at the weekend in a London derby at Wembley.
The Sun UK reports that the England international, who complain about his low wages compared to players at other clubs inside the top six, will cost Chelsea £50 million
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It’s advantage Liverpool, after the Reds beat Hoffenheim 2-1 in their UEFA Champions League play-off first-leg on Tuesday. Trent Alexander-Arnold, who was deputising for the injured Nathaniel Clyne, opened scoring for Jurgen Klopp’s men with an exquisite free-kick in the 35th minute.
James Milner made it 2-0 with 13 minutes left, after his cross was deflected
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Manchester United’s Paul Pogba, has admitted he is happy that Neymar has taken over his title as the costliest player in football history. Neymar’s £200million move from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain this month, dwarfed Pogba’s £89m switch from Juventus to Manchester United last year.
Before Neymar’s move to PSG, United boss Jose Mourinho revealed
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MADRID (Reuters) - Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta will miss their Spanish Super Cup second leg against Real Madrid on Wednesday after suffering a thigh injury. Barcelona said captain Iniesta would miss the match after he was not able to train with his team mates on Tuesday ahead of the encounter at the Santiago Bernabeu, where the Catalans will look to overturn
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New York Times chief soccer correspondent Rory Smith believes there is “an understanding that this will be Conte’s last season at Chelsea whatever happens”. The Italian won the Premier League in his first season in English football, but Chelsea’s title defence got off to a shambolic start as they finished with nine men in a 3-2 home defeat to Burnley
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